If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be.
例句
By the 1920's, he was lionised by literary London...到了20世紀20年代，他成為倫敦文學界的寵兒。The press began to lionize him enthusiastically...媒體開始狂熱地吹捧他。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
把…視做要人；捧人
He wanted to be loved, not lionized.他要的是愛而不是崇拜。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. assign great social importance to;
"The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood""The tenor was lionized in Vienna"